Efforts to prevent dengue fever suppressed by coronavirus pandemic

To delay the spread of the coronavirus, the government issued a lockdown to keep people at home. They have reduced activities affecting services such as garbage collection. They tried to protect the hospital from the surge of patients.

However, the cascading effects of these restrictions have prompted efforts to address the seasonal outbreak of dengue fever, an incurable mosquito-borne illness, also known as “fracture fever” because of its severely painful symptoms. I’m hindering you.

Southeast Asian countries such as Singapore and Indonesia are addressing the simultaneous outbreak of dengue fever and coronavirus this year. According to the Pan American Health Organization, at least 1.1 million dengue cases have been reported in Brazil, with more than 1.6 million COVID-19 infections, and nearly 400 deaths.

Dengue cases can increase as soon as seasonal rainfall begins in Latin American countries such as Cuba, Chile, Costa Rica, and South Asian countries in India and Pakistan.

Dengue is usually not fatal, but in severe cases it may require hospitalization. Preventive efforts aimed at destroying mosquito breeding grounds, such as removing debris and old tires containing water, are the best ways to control the spread of this disease. However, blockades and other restrictions during the coronavirus era have reduced or completely stopped these efforts in many countries.

Dr. Lizwan Kundi, leader of the Young Doctors Association, said plans to sanitize dengue-struck tire shops and markets in 2019 in northwest Pakistan have been postponed because of the money spent on the coronavirus.

Healthcare workers destroying mosquito breeding grounds in the Indian capital New Delhi are also testing for viruses.

Having to identify thousands of viral cases means dengue surveillance is suffering in many Latin American countries, blaming the American regional offices of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. Dr. Maria Franca Catalarico, who added that, added.

Experts say that interfering with such preventive actions is unlucky to the global battle against dengue.

According to the World Health Organization, 2019 was the worst year of documented dengue cases, affecting all regions and the first in some countries.

The Dengue fever-spreading mosquito, Aedes aegypti, is the most prevalent in the city, and experts warn that its range will continue to expand due to increasing urbanization and rising temperatures due to climate change.

According to experts, a reduction in travel means that mosquitoes have fewer chances to bite dengue fever to become their own carriers, but the coronavirus pandemic has introduced other variables.

Singapore’s National Environment Agency (NEA) says it increases the risk of dengue infection as one way to stay home, especially in cities, to delay the outbreak of COVID-19. This is because as the Aedes aegypti bites during the day and more people stay in homes with high numbers of mosquitoes, the more likely they are to be bitten by a mosquito.

The impact is already visible. Singapore recorded a five-fold increase in mosquito larvae found in common corridors of residential and residential areas during the two-month coronavirus blockade compared to the past two months. By July 6, the total number of dengue cases in Singapore had exceeded 15,500. According to the NEA, the number of cases this year is expected to exceed the 22,170 cases reported in 2013, the largest dengue outbreak in Singapore history at the time.

Oliver Brady, an associate professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, said the risks are high because of the overlapping outbreaks in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Working with Latin American communities to stop mosquito breeding has been the most successful anti-dengue strategy in recent years, according to Tararico. However, “it’s a big concern for us,” he said, as there are strict restrictions on movement, so he’s not sure if these steps are still in place.

He also states that due to lack of protective equipment, the number of first responders who can check people with fever and cough should be limited.

“My concern is that you have (many) dengue cases… but your system has limited ability to notify (and test),” she said.

Dengue patients need acute care, which can lead to a “double whammy” that overwhelms the healthcare system, said Scott O’Neill, founder and director of the Global Mosquito Program.

“The healthcare system is already collapsing. I don’t know how existing healthcare systems (in India) can handle this load,” said public health expert Dr. SP Karantry. Stated.

According to Brady, global research on dengue will also be affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

“It’s been very difficult to enroll patients with social isolation,” said O’Neill at the WMP Tahija Foundation Research Laboratory in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, where they have been studying dengue for years. He said. This facility is currently used as the COVID-19 test site.

Similarly, the National Institute of Malaria in New Delhi Fieldwork Dr. RC Dhiman, who studies mosquitoes and climate change after being converted into a center to validate the COVID-19 test kit, said.

Afsana Alamgir Khan, who oversees the country’s dengue program, said that in Bangladesh, where the dengue season has just begun, the launch of a mobile app to help report patients has been delayed by a pandemic.

Experts said that such confusion from the coronavirus Dengue fever Infection.

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